Liz McFarland
lizzmac.bsky.social
Liz McFarland
@lizzmac.bsky.social
Reader. Game player. Cat mom. Real mom. Fan of Mariners, Seahawks, Huskies of all types, Springsteen, and curling. True blue
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I had a horrific panic attack today. One of the worst in months or maybe even years. I thought I’d like to just explain what it feels like to normalize it for everybody else out there who suffers for anxiety, depression or similar.

Be kind to each other
October 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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We are going to try and launch something that operates on 5000 dogs and stops 100,000 dogs being born into suffering.

We've shared budgets, planning, targets and data here.

Hopefully will be able to pull off the impossible!!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqZ...
Insane 30 Day Marathon Challenge for Street Dogs in Thailand
YouTube video by Happy Doggo
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October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Absolutely brutal.
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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I never do this and don’t even feel obligated to click the link (shares would be nice!) but our first fur baby needs dental surgery and, I won’t lie, I am climbing the walls with anxiety about it.

gofund.me/b8fa10852
October 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.
September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Cleta Mitchel is BIGLY mad at me for fighting for free and fair elections.
September 6, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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I’ve polled 40 students at my liberal arts college in the Pacific Northwest. 60% report that they avoid AI chat bots like the plague. 75% report having a generally or strongly negative opinion about how AI will impact the future.
My students, who attend a working-class rust-belt college, openly talk abt how much they hate AI & are afraid of its consequences. I wonder how much of the oft-reported student enthusiasm for the tech is the merely result of the NYT’s Ivy League bias
August 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Cost of Trump's D.C. Occupation: $1.1M per day.

Cost to operate public housing for D.C.'s entire homeless population: $169,226 per day.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.
August 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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An idea:
August 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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if we can get 50 shares on this video, bluesky has the juice for music promotion
a public service announcement from your favorite cartoon punk band on bluesky
July 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
...and I have not been able to login for several days. Today it says "bad request."
It says SSA processed Soc Sec Fairness Act payments ahead of schedule. Commissioner Bisginano told Congress they did it without delaying other work.

Yet the deleted stats show record-high backlogs at SSA's processing centers, which put aside cutting checks, restoring benefits & more to do this work
July 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Bessent: "This Democratic Party blew out the deficit in 2020." (Trump was president in 2020.)
July 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.

My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
July 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I know my reach is not far, but I am trying to do what I can. The mom of this family is my cousin, who lives is like my little sister. This is a devastating loss for them, as you can imagine, and there may be tens of thousands of dollars in expenses not covered by insurance. gofund.me/22c6bcf5
Donate to LeBlanc Family's Path to Recovery, organized by Robert Quinlan
It is with great sadness that we share this loss. On Thursday June 26, 2025, the daug… Robert Quinlan needs your support for LeBlanc Family's Path to Recovery
gofund.me
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
July 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I know my reach is not far, but I am trying to do what I can. The mom of this family is my cousin, who lives is like my little sister. This is a devastating loss for them, as you can imagine, and there may be tens of thousands of dollars in expenses not covered by insurance. gofund.me/22c6bcf5
Donate to LeBlanc Family's Path to Recovery, organized by Robert Quinlan
It is with great sadness that we share this loss. On Thursday June 26, 2025, the daug… Robert Quinlan needs your support for LeBlanc Family's Path to Recovery
gofund.me
June 30, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Diego Segui, who threw the first pitch in #Mariners history and played for both the M's and the Seattle Pilots, has died at 87 years old.

sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...
Seattle Mariners legend Diego Segui dies at 87 years old
Former MLB pitcher Diego Segui, who pitched in the first games of both the Seattle Mariners and Seattle Pilots, has died at the age of 87.
sports.mynorthwest.com
June 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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BREAKING: Bobby Sherman, teen idol of the 1960s and ’70s thanks to television and bubblegum pop, dies at 81.
Bobby Sherman, teen idol in the 1960s and '70s, and later a CPR teacher, dies at 81
Former teen idol Bobby Sherman has died at 81. His winsome smile and fashionable shaggy mop top helped make him into a star in the 1960s and ’70s with bubblegum pop like “Little Woman” and “Julie, Do Ya Love Me.”
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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No worries, guys, they moved coverage of 5 million people marching in every American city down even further to make room for the president's birthday parade that nobody went to.
June 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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I keep hearing comments like “I plan to ignore it for the next four years”.
This Billionaire Bill shuts down democracy. Look away at your peril.
May 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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ESPN's Jeff Passan on #Mariners star Cal Raleigh: “I think you’re looking at the best catcher in Major League Baseball right now.”

And that isn't the only incredibly high praise Passan had for Raleigh when he joined Brock & Salk today.

sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...
Passan's incredibly high praise for Seattle Mariners' Cal Raleigh
"I think you're looking at the best catcher in Major League Baseball right now," ESPN's Jeff Passan says of Seattle Mariners star Cal Raleigh.
sports.mynorthwest.com
April 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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3 New arrivals today who badly needed help. They all come at once. Happy they are now safe.

Little longer watch but shows what goes into rescuing the street dogs...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gZU...
3 New Dramatic Rescues Arrive At Happy Doggo Land
YouTube video by Happy Doggo
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March 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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One of the first dogs we ever rescued. Lady.

She couldn't walk, was covered in fleas and was going to die alone. Nearly 2 Years later she is still going strong with lovely Jamie who is retired and stepped up to adopt her
January 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Since the Trump Admin is acting like we are suddenly deporting people for the first time, here are the facts.
January 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Why federal workers need your support: “We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work because they are increasingly viewed as the villains.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...
Opinion | I’m a Federal Employee. This Is What We Need Most in the Trump Era. (Gift Article)
Practical support matters more than encouragement.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM